CUET 2026 Syllabus Knowledge Tradition-Practices in India (Code 316)

For The Year 2026
Knowledge Traditions-
Practices In India-316
Syllabus for
CUET(UG)

Knowledge Traditions and Practices of India
1 Agriculture: A Survey
Agriculture in Prehistory and Protohistory/ Textual Sources/ Types of Lands/ Rain-Fed and Irrigated
Crops/ Implements/ Seed and Sowing/ Manures/ Pests and Their Management/ Cattle Management/
Horticulture and Arboriculture/ Fishing/ Agriculture and Society
Agricultural Heritage: Excerpts from Primary Texts
Rigveda,

2 Architecture: A Survey
(1.) Early and Classical Architecture
Temple Architecture/ Rock-Cut Structures/ Monolithic Temples/ Constructed Temples/ Public and
Private Architecture
Architecture: Excerpts from Primary Texts

Architecture: A Survey
(2.) Medieval & Colonial Architecture
Fort and Palace Architecture/ Mosques/ Mausoleums/ Colonial Architecture

3 Dance: A Survey
(1.) Classical Dance Forms
Classical Period/ Middle Period/ Modern Period/ Classical Dance Forms/ Bharatanatyam/
Kathakali/ Kathak/ Kuchipudi/ Manipuri/ Odissi/ Sattriya

Primary Texts on Dance in India : A Selection

Dance : A Survey

(2.) Folk Dance Forms
Chau/ Bihu/ Rauf/ Padayani/ DolluKunitha/ Dandiya/ Ghumar/ Kalbelia/ Chaufla/ Bhangra/Giddha/
Garba/ Lavani/ Bamboo Dance

.4 Education Systems and Practices: A Survey
Goals of Indian Education/ Teaching and Learning/The Teacher and the Student/ Centres of
Education/ Temples as First Schools/ Gurukulas/ Viharas and Universities/Community-Supported
Education/ The Continuing System
Primary Texts on Education in India: A Selection
Two Types of Knowledge and the Right Pupil/ Mere Intellectual Knowledge Is Not Enough/The
Link between Teacher and Pupil/ Teachers Invite Students to come to Them/Controlling the Mind
and the Senses: the Goal of Indian Education/ Teacher’s Directives to Students on their Completion
of Study/ W h a t is a Useful Life?/Hsüan-tsang’s (Xuanzang) Impressions of Indian Education/
Hsüan-tsang’s (XuanZang) Description of Nalanda University
Narratives of Indian Education in the 17th, 18th and 19th Centuries
An Italian Explorer’s Record of Indian Education in the 17th Century/ A Description of Indian
Education in the 18th Century/ The Teacher’s Subsistence/ Respect for the Teacher/Physical
Education and Sports/ Description of the University at Navadveep (Nuddeah) in Bengal in 1791/
Love of Learning and Support for Education among Indians/ A W - idespread Colonial Network of
Indigenous Schools

.5 Indian Ethics: Individual and Social
The Cosmic Order/ Buddhist Ethics/ Jain Ethics/ Sikh Ethics/The Bhakti Movement

Primary Texts on Ethics: Individual and Social: A Selection
From Jain Granthas/ From Buddhist Granthas/ From Asoka’s Edicts/ From the Kural (tr.
P.S. Sundaram)

.6 Martial Arts Traditions:A Survey
• Texts/ Practice of Martial Arts/ Stick Combat/ Kalarippayattu

• Martial Arts Traditions: A Selection from Primary Texts

Wrestling in the Mahabharata/ Mallapurana/ Marmasastram

.7 Language and Grammar
Languages of India/ Study of Language in India/ Disciplines of Language Studies in India/
Classification of Speech-Sounds/ Theory of Grammar/ Chanda (Prosody)
Primary Texts on Language: A Selection
Reflections on Language from Vedic Sources, Phonetics Paniniya siksha (tr. & ed., Manomohan
Ghosh), Nirukta (Etymology), The Nighantu and the Nirukta of SriYaskacharya (tr. Ed., Lakshman
Sarup) Patañjali’s Mahabhasya (adapted from S.N. Dasgupta’s translation) Grammar, Language
and Knowledge Bhartṛhari’s Vakyapadiya, Brahmakanda, (tr. K. A. Subramania Iyer)

.8 Other Technologies: A Survey
Harappan Technologies/ Later Pottery/ Glass/ Water Management/ Textile Technology/

Writing Technology/ Pyrotechnics/ Cosmetics and Perfumes
Other Technologies: A Selection from Primary Texts
Gemmology/ Water Management/ Textiles and Garments/ Cosmetics and Perfumes